I am in Pickens County. Our sightings are a fraction of previous years. We have fields where seeing 20+ deer a day happened; 12-15 was normal; less that ten was a slow afternoon. In sits this year, we are seeing one or two. Had a friend sit in our historically best stand from 5am until 5pm a couple times this week and saw one deer. Another friend sat in a great place and saw nothing. This is the way it has been all year. Knowing the acorns are plentiful, I have spent much time in the woods. Saw two does one afternoon after five sits. Things picked up a tick in the past ten days. A little tick. This is rut time on our lease; always has been. In the past ten days, between my grandson and me, we have seen eight bucks cruising. Every one is a baby; not one has been older than a two year old. While I hope things change when the wild food expires, I don't see it happening. I am convinced that our numbers are down.